DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 10/07 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0653z - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 62.4 - - 71.4 - - 71.2 - - 61.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 58 - - 70 - - -9 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 396 - - 1339 - - 2965 - - 48 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 921 - - 921 - - 921 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1285 - - 2228 - - 3854 - - 937 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 387 - - 2133 - - 2137 - - 124 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 120 - - 201 - - 145 - - 16 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 4 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 8 - - 10 - - 14 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 291 - - 314 - - 311 - - 284 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 3 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -2 - - 0 - - -4 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -696 - - -1684 - - -1404 - - -1443 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1981 - - 3913 - - 5258 - - 2380 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5838 - - -4709 - - -5170 - - -4785 ODpotential blCL - - - 7123 - - 6937 - - 9024 - - 5722 blCL maxRH - - - 83 - - 64 - - 55 - - 51 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 50 - - 0 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 62.4 - - 71.4 - - 71.2 - - 61.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 56.7 - - 57.3 - - 51.4 - - 54.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 62.1 - - 71.0 - - 71.8 - - 64.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 56.0 - - 56.0 - - 50.1 - - 53.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 58 - - 70 - - -9 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 396 - - 1339 - - 2965 - - 48 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 31 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 10 - - 10 - - 7 - - 9 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 97470 43 240 40 264 37 243 42 250 97470 90200 20 252 31 253 33 258 30 258 90200 84590 16 271 21 245 30 265 22 274 84590 79929 16 250 15 269 22 269 20 285 79929 75913 14 264 18 265 18 271 17 272 75913 72347 15 282 18 284 15 281 16 277 72347 69099 16 288 19 294 16 274 17 271 69099 66098 22 287 23 284 20 275 23 301 66098 63314 27 282 27 279 31 281 29 288 63314 60620 23 271 29 269 37 275 30 286 60620 57806 25 291 28 272 40 271 37 279 57806 54889 33 287 35 282 43 269 42 277 54889 52107 40 275 41 275 46 264 50 273 52107 49607 46 274 45 272 51 273 58 270 49607 47370 55 279 56 278 64 274 60 272 47370 45342 62 274 66 273 65 277 64 276 45342 43488 58 271 59 273 72 283 66 278 43488 41788 59 281 67 284 75 285 78 287 41788 40229 68 282 75 281 83 283 91 285 40229 38784 66 281 76 277 83 278 90 280 38784 37430 61 281 75 278 75 278 85 280 37430 36123 60 284 76 281 76 284 79 284 36123 34795 63 285 75 282 80 285 77 291 34795 33413 65 287 75 282 82 286 76 291 33413 31979 63 285 72 284 79 286 78 290 31979 30476 63 284 68 286 73 286 82 294 30476 28895 62 285 66 287 72 288 82 296 28895 27238 62 288 65 288 72 288 80 292 27238 25501 63 293 65 288 73 289 80 291 25501 23688 65 297 67 288 73 289 78 292 23688 21799 69 298 67 290 72 290 75 291 21799 19829 62 301 63 289 66 290 73 290 19829 17772 57 293 58 287 60 292 68 294 17772 15678 50 288 54 288 55 288 57 296 15678 13666 44 285 48 289 50 285 50 284 13666 11839 37 280 40 287 41 286 47 284 11839 10223 28 278 32 286 35 287 40 300 10223 8793 27 272 26 282 33 290 35 312 8793 7523 22 266 26 286 31 299 31 317 7523 6393 20 273 24 296 28 309 26 314 6393 5389 16 278 22 311 25 314 23 311 5389 4502 14 291 21 324 20*311 22 310 4502 3718 13 305 19 330 16*310 22 307 3718 3015 11 308 16 327 16 310 21 306 3015 2393 10 310 14*321 15 311 21 306 2393 1873 11 308 11*315 14 311 20 306 1873 1474 10*295 10 314 13 311 19 305 1474 1199 9*292 10 313 12 311 16 299 1199 1032 8 291 9 313 11 311 13 296 1032 937 6 291 7 312 8 311 5*284 937 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography